स्वकृतपुरेष्वमीष्वबहिरन्तरसंवरणं तव पुरुषं वदन्त्यखिलशक्तिधृतोंऽशकृतम् । इति नृगतिं विविच्य कवयो निगमावपनं भवत उपासतेऽङ्घ्रिमभवं भुवि विश्वसिता: ॥ २० ॥
sva-kṛta-pureṣv amīṣv abahir-antara-saṁvaraṇaṁ tava puruṣaṁ vadanty akhila-śakti-dhṛto ’ṁśa-kṛtam iti nṛ-gatiṁ vivicya kavayo nigamāvapanaṁ bhavata upāsate ’ṅghrim abhavam bhuvi viśvasitāḥ
- sva
- by himself
- kṛta
- created
- pureṣu
- in the bodies
- amīṣu
- these
- abahiḥ
- not externally
- antara
- or internally
- saṁvaraṇam
- whose factual envelopment
- tava
- Your
- puruṣam
- living entity
- vadanti
- (the Vedas) say
- akhila
- of all
- śakti
- energies
- dhṛtaḥ
- of the possessor
- aṁśa
- as the expansion
- kṛtam
- manifested
- iti
- in this manner
- nṛ
- of the living entity
- gatim
- the status
- vivicya
- ascertaining
- kavayaḥ
- learned sages
- nigama
- of the Vedas
- āvapanam
- the field in which all offerings are sown
- bhavataḥ
- Your
- upāsate
- they worship
- aṅghrim
- the feet
- abhavam
- which cause the cessation of material existence
- bhuvi
- on the earth
- viśvasitāḥ
- having developed faith
The individual living entity, while inhabiting the material bodies he has created for himself by his karma, actually remains uncovered by either gross or subtle matter. This is so because, as the Vedas describe, he is part and parcel of You, the possessor of all potencies. Having determined this to be the status of the living entity, learned sages become imbued with faith and worship Your lotus feet, to which all Vedic sacrifices in this world are offered, and which are the source of liberation.